Essays and Opinion Papers
The Influence of Gender Discrimination on Women Entrepreneurs in North Africa
By Hajar El Mouttaqui
According to Chamlou, Klapper and Muzi (2008), “Women’s entrepreneurship is less common in the Middle East and North Africa than in other developing regions” (p. 1). One of the many reasons behind this is gender discrimination...Read more
How Did the Egyptian Revolution Impact Women?
By Lobna Abouelleil
As Dalia Mostafa (2015) put it, “A revolution cannot be imagined and enacted without women’s political action at its center” (p.125). Women were key participants in the Arab Spring revolutions that swept the Arab world in 2011...Read more
Linguistic Analysis
Can Interlingual Subtitles be More Effective than Intralingual Ones?
By Khloud Mohammed
Audiovisual media has become an increasingly prominent factor in people’s lives, making it a convenient tool to use when trying to acquire a second language (L2)...Read more
The Influence of Language on Gender Discrimination
By Mohammad Alkhatib
Is the language taught to us a sculpting tool used to shape our thoughts? Sociologists, psychologists, and linguists have attempted to address this question...Read more
Literary Analysis
Masculinity in Beloved and Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
By Tala Besiso
The manifestation of social constructs amongst society is largely governed by conventional cultural practices and the belief system embraced by a community...Read more
How Dystopian Young Adult Literature Fosters Feminism in Teenagers
By Trisha Saxena
Dystopian literature has become a very popular genre among young adult readers. This research paper will examine the connection between dystopian young adult literature (DYAL) and one of the key ideas of feminism, i.e., that of encouraging women to diverge from traditional gender norms if they wish to do so...Read more
Creative Writing
Ruby's Song
By Ananth Vandothra
“What are you?”, she says, her eyes twinkling with clear amusement. Her joyous demeanor is infectious but ultimately deceptive...Read more